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Cha b'e dìreadh a' bhruthaich
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It was not climbing the hillside
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Dh'fhàg mo shiubhal gun treòir
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That left my walk without strength
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Na teas ri là gréineadh
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Not the heat of the day
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Nuair a dh'éireadh i oirnn
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When the sun rises high
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Na teas ri là gréineadh
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Not the heat of the day
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Nuair a dh'éireadh i oirnn
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When the sun rises high
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Gu bheil moill' air mo léirsinn
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There is a dimness in my vision
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'S cha léir dhomh ceum ròid
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I cannot make out what is closer to me
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Gu bheil moill' air mo léirsinn
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There is a dimness in my vision
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'S cha léir dhomh ceum ròid
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I cannot make out
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Cha léir dhomh ni 's fhaisge
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What is closer to me
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Fiù a' bhata 'nam dhorn
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Not even the staff in my fist
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Cha léir dhomh ni 's fhaisge
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What is closer to me
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Fiù a' bhata 'nam dhorn
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Not even the staff in my fist
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'S mi 'sa ghleannan bheag phreasach
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And I in a little glen of copses
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'S mo lethcheann air lón
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My cheek on the sward
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'S mi 'sa ghleannan bheag phreasach
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And I in a little glen of copses
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'S mo lethcheann air lón
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My cheek on the sward
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Treis air smeuran nan drùisean
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A while picking berries from the bramble
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Greis air bristeadh nan cnò
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A while cracking hazel nuts
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Treis air smeuran nan drùisean
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A while picking berries from the bramble
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Greis air bristeadh nan cnò
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A while cracking hazel nuts
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'Se mo dhubhailt mo bhreacan
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My plaid is my towel
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'Se mo chopan mo bhròg
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My shoe is my cup
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'Se mo dhubhailt mo bhreacan
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My plaid is my towel
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'Se mo chopan mo bhròg
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My shoe is my cup
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'Se mo thaigh mór gach glacan
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A hollow is my mansion
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'Se mo leabaidh gach fròig
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Any dark nook my bed
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'Se mo thaigh mór gach glacan
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A hollow is my mansion
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'Se mo leabaidh gach fròig
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Any dark nook my bed
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'S ged a dh'fhadainn-sa teine
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And if I kindle a fire
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Chì fear foille dheth ceò
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An informer will see its smoke
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'S ged a dh'fhadainn-sa teine
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And if I kindle a fire
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Chì fear foille dheth ceò
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An informer will see its smoke
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'S ged a cheannaichinn-sa buideal
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If I buy a keg
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Chan fhaigh mi cuideachd g'a òl
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I cannot get company to drink
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'S ged a cheannaichinn-sa buideal
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If I buy a keg
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Chan fhaigh mi cuideachd g'a òl
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I cannot get company to drink
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'Si do nighean-sa, Dhonnchaidh
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It is your daughter, Duncan
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Dha'n tug mi'n tromghaol, 's mi òg
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Who put this burden of love on me in my youth
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'Si do nighean-sa, Dhonnchaidh
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It is your daughter, Duncan
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Dha'n tug mi'n tromghaol, 's mi òg
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Who put this burden of love on me in my youth
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Té dha bheil an cùl dualach
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A girl whose hair is in ringlets
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O guaillean gu bròig
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From shoulder to shoe
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Té dha bheil an cùl dualach
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A girl whose hair is in ringlets
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O guaillean gu bròig
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From shoulder to shoe
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'Se sios ma da shlinnein
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Descending between her shoulder blades
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A's an ionad as boidhch'
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The fairest part
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'Se sios ma da shlinnein
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Descending between her shoulder blades
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A's an ionad as boidhch'
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The fairest part
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'S mór gu'm b'fheàrr dhut mi agad
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You would be far better off with me
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Na aon mhac breabadair beò
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Than with any weaver's son alive
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'S mór gu'm b'fheàrr dhut mi agad
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You would be far better off with me
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Na aon mhac breabadair beò
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Than with any weaver's son alive
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Ged nach deanainn dhut fighe
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Though I could not make cloth for you
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Bhiodh iasg is sitheann mu'd bhòrd
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You would have venison and salmon on your board
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Ged nach deanainn dhut fighe
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Though I could not make cloth for you
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Bhiodh iasg is sitheann mu'd bhòrd
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You would have venison and salmon on your board
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'S truagh nach robh mi 's tu, ghaolaich
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Alas that you and I are not
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Anns an aonaich 'm bi 'n ceò
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Out in the misty moorlands
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'S truagh nach robh mi 's tu, ghaolaich
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Alas that you and I are not
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Anns an aonaich 'm bi 'n ceò
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Out in the misty moorlands
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Ann am bùthaig bhig bharraich
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In a little hut of birch-twigs
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'Gun bhith mar rium ach d'fheòil
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And no company but your own body
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Ann am bùthaig bhig bharraich
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In a little hut of birch-twigs
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'Gun bhith mar rium ach d'fheòil
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And no company but your own body
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'S mi gu snàmhadh an caolas
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How I would swim the narrows
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Airson fàilteachd do bheòil
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For the sake of the welcome of you lips
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